Receptacle and carrier for eggs.



R. M. ODELL.

REOEPTAGLE AND CARRIER FOR EGGS.

APPLIOATIONFILBD 1320.6, 1912.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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EEGEPTACLE AND CARRIER FOR EGGS.

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RISDON MOORE ODELL, OF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM S. S. JOHNSON, 01E PLAINFIELD, INDIANA.

. RECEPTACLE AND CARRIER FOR EGGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 6, 1912.

Patented Jan. 20, 1914. Serial No. 735,263.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. Rrsnon Moonn OnnLL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have made certain 113w and useful Improvements in Receptacles and Carriers for Eggs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in receptacles and carriers for eggs and it con sists in the constructions, combinations and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for eggs which are sh pped in the ordinary egg case. and which will prevent the breakage of the egg and which will also provide an air-tight and light-proof chamber for each egg. thereby tending to prevent their decomposition.

A further object of my invention is to pi0 vide a series of attached chambers or cells which will fit the ordinary egg case, but which may be sulrdivided to form cartons, each carton containing a dozen eggs. These cartons are therefore of the proper size for selling the eggs directly by retail, and will therefore obviate the necessity of the use of special cartons for this purpose.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a novel means of inclosing the eggs which is strong and durable.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this up plication in which- Figure l is a plan view of a sheet with a number of cells impressed therein, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the sheet shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, Fig, -it'is a sectional view on the line L-L of Fig. 3, after the parts are folded upon one another; Fig. 5 is a sectional view along the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of a modified form of the device, Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the modified form of the device, Fig. 8 is a plan view of a portion of the cover of the modified form shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 3 of another modified form of the device.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a single sheet of pasteboard such as that shown at 1 in Figs. 1 and 9. This sheet is moistened and sizing is applied. The sheet then impressed with dies to form the half cells shown in Fig. 2. It will be observed that at 2 there is a fold or bend in the sheet, this fold or bond extending longitudinally and dividing each row of cells. On one side of this fold there is a series of quarter cells 3, the other side of the fold being provided with registering quarter cells. At the top of the cells is a laterally extending integral flange formed by the body portion 1 of the sheet. 'hen the similar cells are impressed one quarter of the cell will be brought up to register with the adjacent quarter so as to form the hall coll. At opposite sides of the cell along the fold and at 90 therefrom I press; a groove 4. This forms a boss on the opposite side of the sheet, as shown in Figs. 8. l, and 5 which strengthens the device at the points where it is weakest, 2'. 0., between the cells and between the outer edges of the sheet and the outside cells. Between adjacent cells, it will be seen that the folded portion 2 is provided with a vertically extend ing impressed portion 5. \Vhen the two members of the folded portion come together one of these impressed portions 5 will enter the registering portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. The purpose of this will be explained later.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device the operation thereof may be readily understood.

In Fig. 1 it will be seen that I have provided a sheet containing thirty-six semicells. These semi-cells are arranged in groups of twelve each. At- 6 I have. shown a. line where the sheet 1 is scored, so that it may be folded. At 7 is a perforated line by means of which a portion of the sheet con taining the semi-cells may be torn off. Each side of the ordinary egg crate is of a size to contain layers of three dozen eggs each. Thirtysix eggs are placed in the semi-cells shown in Fig. 1. A second sheet of im pressed cells precisely similar to the first is then placed over the eggs, thus making a receptacle which incloses the eggs entirely. The edges 4* of these sheets (see Fig. 3) may be secured together in any convenient manner. Another layer of eggs may then be placed on top of the first and the case may be filled. The eggs may be shipped without any other it will beobserved that the members 5 are bracing member such as those'shown at 8.

is made is such that it will exclude light and is preferably waterproof. When the eggs are inclosed, as shown in Fig. 3, the device is also air-tight. The receptacle keeps the eggs from breaking, but if in case ofvery rough usage an egg should break it cannot run into an adjacent compartment because of the fact that in order to do so it will have to pass the registering embossed portions 5 (see Fig. ,5). This forms a joint through which the contents of the egg cannot flow. The contents themselves are of such a nature as to efiectually seal "the joint if any of the contents should flow into it. I desire to call particular attention to the fact that these embossed portions 5 not only form joints for the purpose of preventing the contamination of one egg by the contents of a broken egg in another cell, but since each cell is smaller at its bottom than at its top these embossed portions 5 take up the slack in the board when it is being impressed, since larger at the bottoms than at the top-s. There is between each cell and between the outer cells and the edge of the casing a strong Therefore there is no tendency for the cells themselves to have a relative movement toward and away from each other. Now when the eggs reach their destination they are removed from their receptacle. The

\ portion C is detached from the portion B 401 portions along the perforated line 7. Eggs are placed .in the portion A and the portion B is folded over on the portion A, the edges of the por tions A and B being secured by pasting them or by any convenient fastening means. The

A and B therefore constitute a carton in which twelve eggs may be sold. This obviates the necessity of providing a special carton for this purpose. The portion C may be filled with eggs and a similar o'rtion C from another sheet may be torn o and used as a cover, the edges being secured in any suitable manner. Thus the portion G serves as a semi-carton.

In Fig. Q I have shown a modified form of the device in which the edges of the embossed portion 4:, instead of being brought together as they are at 49 in Figs. 3 and 4, continue to the ends of the sheet so as to provide an air space. It maybe sometimes desired to ventilate the eggs and where these edges are left open, as in Fig'. 9, the air will pass through the grooves formed by the embossed. portions 4 and will circulate through the cell in the manner shown.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 81' have shown a modified form of the invention. In these figures it will .be seen that the lower portion 3 of the cell comes almost up to the top of the egg 9. The cells are formed in the same manner as those shown in connection with Fig. 2, that is, each side ofthe cell is formed by folding adjacent portions of the board 1 so as to bring these portions into registration. In this form of the device the bosses 4 which are similar to the-bosses 4 are also provided. Instead of making use however of a top portion which is a duplicate of the bottom portion, as in Fig. 2, I provide a top I made'like that shown in Fig. '8. This top portion consists of a central sheet 10 which has embossed upon it a series of concentric rings such as those shown at 11, 12and 13. The ring 13 is in fact a socket, as will be seen from Fig. 7, this socket being arranged to receive the bottom portion of the cell 3 in the layer above it. The edges of the sheet may be secured in any suitable manner.

In packing the case the tops may be placed upon the cells in the manner shown in Fig. 7 and these tops besides forming an air-tight covering for the eggs also form spring cushions for the cells above them. The purpose of embossin the rings is to strengthen the cover and a so toprovide for the cushioning efi'ect. With this form as with the one previously described the registering bosses 5 are-provided to prevent the contests of one cell from entering'another.

I-claim:

' 1. In an egg carrier, a bottom portion consisting of a series of cell portions impressed from a single sheet, each cell portion having foldable embossed halves arranged to register, the parts between the cells constituting bracing members for the cells, each of said bracing members being provided with curved embossed portions, and one of. said embossed portions being arranged to fit within the companion embossed portion, thereby preventing a flow of the contents from one cell into the other.

2. An egg carrier comprising a bottom portion and a cover, the bottom portion consisting of a series of cell portions, each cell portion having foldable embossed halves 11:) arranged to register, integral bracing members between adjacent cell portions, and means carried by said bracing members for preventing a flow from one cell to the other.

3. An egg carrier comprising a bottom portion and a cover; the bottom portion consisting of a series of cell portions, each cell portion having foldable embossed halves arranged to register, integral bracing members between adjacentcell portions, means carried by said bracing members for preventing a flow from one cell to the other, said lastnamed means comprising a curved embossed portion on each of said foldable members,-one of said embossed portions being arranged to fit within the other, all of said cell portions, said braces, and said embossed portions being struck from one sheet, and strengthening bosses struck from said sheet between each of said cell portions and the ad iacent cell portions on each side of 1t.

4. An egg carrier comprising a bottom; portion and a cover, the bottom portion consisting of a series of cell portions. each cell portion having toldable embossed halves arranged to register, integral bracingmem embossed portion on each of said foldable members, one of said embossed portions be ing arranged to fit Within the other, all of said cell portions, said braces, and said enr bossed portions being struck from one sheet, said cover portion comprising a series of spring tops embossed from a single sheet, each of said spring tops being arranged to register with a cell portion beneath it and having a soeket a rranged to receive the cell portion above it.

RTSDON MOORE ()DELL. \Vitnesses ll. ATKINSON, Leo COURTNEY. 

